(JollofNews) – At least five Gambian ministers led by the transport minister are in Dakar to discuss the Gambia-Senegal border closure with their Senegal counterparts. Senegalese transport union, known by its French acronym, SNTTRS, boycotted the Trans-Gambia ferry crossing following the Gambia’s unilateral increase in ferry tariffs. “The Gambian delegation[Read More…]
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Liberia’s President Commends Gambia’s Role In Regional Peace
(JollofNews) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has commended the West African nation of the Gambia for its role and invaluable contributions to the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) initiative that was aimed at the search for lasting peace in Liberia during the height of the civil conflict. President Sirleaf also[Read More…]
Gambian Opposition Form Inter—Party Committee To Work For Unity
(JollofNews) – In their bid to have a single opposition candidate against incumbent Gambian President Yahya Jammeh in the forthcoming presidential elections scheduled for December 2016, an Inter-party Committee on Opposition Unification, held a meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss unity amongst the opposition parties. The objective of the conference[Read More…]